Replace references to FID with ObjectID in documentation

Bud — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 04:25:18 GMT

The ArcGIS Pro docs refer to FID in some places. For example:

Edit feature attributes
In the Attributes pane, you can view and edit attributes for selected features, related records, and nonspatial objects. Features are listed by their display field layer property setting. If the field is null, the FID field value is shown. This pane is available on the ribbon, on the Edit tab.

I don’t see the benefit of referring to FIDs in topics like that. It seems like it would be confusing to new users.

Could the ArcGIS Pro docs be updated so that they only refer to ObjectIDs where applicable?

Re: Replace references to FID with ObjectID in documentation

KoryKramer — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 02:05:32 GMT

@Bud for feedback that is specific to a help topic, it can be effective to provide the documentation feedback through the page's link:

I understand that your idea is to replace FID with ObjectID throughout the documentation, but that is not always a valid change.

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